Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that Ankara is ready to help reinforce the ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as clashes between the two neighbours continue for a sixth consecutive day.
Türkiye says it will support diplomatic efforts to restore calm between Pakistan and Afghanistan, where fighting has continued along their disputed border.
According to the Directorate of Communications of the Presidency of Türkiye, Erdoğan discussed the issue during a telephone call with Sharif.
The Turkish presidency said the two leaders spoke about bilateral relations as well as wider regional and global developments, including the ongoing violence between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
In a statement, the presidency said Erdoğan reaffirmed Ankara’s support for Pakistan and its efforts against militant groups.
“President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan,” the statement said. It added that the leaders discussed “Türkiye-Pakistan bilateral relations as well as regional and global issues.”
The presidency also said Erdoğan condemned recent attacks in Pakistan and reiterated Türkiye’s commitment to cooperation against terrorism.
“Condemning the terror attacks carried out in Pakistan, President Erdoğan said Türkiye will continue to stand by Pakistan in its anti-terror fight,” the statement said.
According to the presidency, Erdoğan also highlighted Türkiye’s role in diplomatic efforts between Islamabad and Kabul.
“He said Türkiye will contribute to the re-establishment of the ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan, reached through Türkiye’s initiatives as well.”
The latest escalation began after Pakistan carried out air strikes inside Afghanistan, saying they targeted camps belonging to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant groups, in response to a series of attacks inside Pakistan.
Afghanistan’s authorities condemned the strikes as a violation of the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Afghan defence forces later launched what they described as retaliatory attacks on Pakistani security posts near the border.
According to the United Nations, the fighting has left more than 160 people dead or injured and forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes.
With tensions still high, diplomatic efforts are now focused on reinforcing the ceasefire and preventing further escalation in the region.
Peace is Armenia’s only reliable guarantee of security, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said in comments in Dublin, where he also...
Hungarian authorities have recovered nearly $20 million in cash hidden in buildings and buried in forests as part of a bribery investigation into M...
U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to hold a historic trilateral meeting in She...
European leaders gathered in Dublin on Thursday, 12 November, for the ninth European Political Community (EPC) summit, with security, defence and energy high on the agenda. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held talks focused on peace, trade and regional cooperation.
Iran’s Assembly of Experts has backed withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and overhauling the country’s defence doctrine, calling both steps essential to national security and deterrence.
President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to let European representatives join the next round of Ukraine peace talks while the United States continues to work towards what could become the largest prisoner exchange of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Microsoft struggled to restore its services on Friday after a major outage disrupted Outlook, Teams and Copilot across the United States and Asia-Pacific region.
Here's your AnewZ Technology Daily Brief for the 13th of November. This week, a Microsoft outage hit Australian agencies, Google restricted mapping data in South Korea, a lawsuit targeted advanced AI development, and Nvidia faced a leadership crisis after Jensen Huang's resignation.
Peace is Armenia’s only reliable guarantee of security, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said in comments in Dublin, where he also commented that the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) alliance had failed to fulfil its obligations towards Yerevan.
Türkiye and Qatar signed a mutual defence agreement on Friday, November 13, aimed at strengthening collective security and regional stability. The two countries pledged to take a united stance against any external armed attack on either nation.
As Central Asia expands its hydropower infrastructure and high-rise construction, seismologists are examining whether large mountain reservoirs could influence earthquake activity. The question is particularly pressing in a region where major cities lie close to active tectonic faults.
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes part of everyday life, languages with smaller speaker communities risk being left behind. Georgian, spoken by around four million people worldwide, is facing a digital challenge: making sure it is understood by the machines shaping how the world communicates.
Tajikistan has urged the international community to increase funding to protect shrinking glaciers and help mountain communities adapt to climate change at the COP31 UN climate summit in Antalya, Türkiye.
You can download the AnewZ application from Play Store and the App Store.
What is your opinion on this topic?
Leave the first comment